Turning over a new leaf in plant genomics.

摘要

Plant species have adapted to most of the planet’s ecosystems, o? ering an amazing range of traits, behaviors and morphologies. Unlocking the underlying mechanisms for this diversity is providing novel insights into the molecular hardwiring of plants and how they interact with their environment, furnishing new opportunities to develop better and more sustainable crops. Access to fast and inexpensive sequencing and advances in computational methods, coupled with an increasing demand for food and fuel crops, have provided the basis for the current revolution in plant genomics.